wrote:
No, not after all of the grief and expense the latest/greatest 'money
and water saving' Maytag model caused us. One problem, and a whole
circuit board must be replaced, over $300.00 at a whack. Three times for
this particular model. I live on tenterhooks should it go out again. H
has threatened to pitch it out the front door in such case, and I
offered to help.
A word of warning-- the repairman mentioned that Maytag tends to rush
new models into production without working out all of the kinks. The
model I have suffers from mold growth, simply because of the
construction. The water saving models are designed to hold a certain
amount of water in an area which you can't see-I can hear it sloshing
when I spin the barrel. This continuous moisture leads to mold and
mildew problems.
Another relatively small annoyance: it is impossible to dye or remove
dye from items properly in a water-saving Maytag. You need lots of
water, and agitating, and you just don't get either. Worth considering
if you do a lot of dyeing. I think public laundromats frown upon dye
usage in their machines. I've gotten the ole' stove-pot out and used it.
Cea


This is true. I have one of the early Neptunes. After a
while, I noticed an ugly odor coming from it. I found
their website, and wrote their C.S. asking what to do
about it. They contacted me and sent a repairman out who
installed over $500 in parts, basically rebuilt the
machine with a new timer, a new door, and a bunch of other
things - took him hours and hours to do it. When he was
done, he gave me a box of Cascade and told me to run an
empty load with that. There was a handout with detailed
instructions. He said to do that about once a year.
There was no charge for this, and the machine by then was
out of warrantee. The repairman said his only complaint
was that they did not tell buyers about the design problem
but waited until they complained, then fixed it.
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